No force feedback with Simucube - any solution?

[R8pilot]

Hello forum members,

I have no force feedback in AMS 2 on a Simucube 2 (Sport). AMS responds to the wheel appropriately (I can steer just fine), but nothing at all is fed back. The force feedback settings in AMS 2 don't seem to have any effect. (The Simucube works great in all other games I've tried.)

What am I missing? I do hope there is a solution.

Thank you for any help.

 

[R8pilot]

Hello,

I figured out the problem. During wheel calibration, the force feedback loads up as you turn the wheel. It's important to approach 100% lock, but not reach exactly 100%, or at least not to exceed it. If you do, the Simucube software clips, and although 100% remains there on the screen, it actually won't work at all.

If, instead, you go to something like 95-99% lock, no clipping will occur, and everything is fine (and it's probably best for the game to not reach actual lock anyway).

I did also follow guidance I saw elsewhere about turning the opposite lock - the second calibration step - to 540 degrees (in my case) to match what I set up in the Simucube software, which worked fine. The purpose of the second step really should be made more clear in the software, but that's a separate issue that didn't affect the force feedback.

In initial tests with the Brabham, the force feedback seems very good, though that car in this game is a lot more challenging to drive than the very forgiving Lotus 49c in Project Cars 2.

I hope this might help someone else one day.

 

[Gevatter]

It's important to approach 100% lock, but not reach exactly 100%, or at least not to exceed it.

Never happened on my wheel (Simucube 2 Pro), but I usually turn off FFB with the E-Stop during calibration, it's much more relaxed that way
The second calibration step is indeed to set the wheel rotation in game, which should always match your wheel rotation in the driver. It's just a weird way of doing so instead of just inputting a value like in ACC.